Crematogaster obscurior

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Crematogaster obscurior
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Crematogaster
Species: C. obscurior
Binomial name
Crematogaster obscurior
Dalla Torre, 1892
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • obscurus. Crematogaster obscurus Smith, F. 1860b: 109 (w.) INDONESIA (Bacan I.).
    • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Bachian (= Bacan) I., “Bac.” (A.R. Wallace).
    • Type-depository: OXUM.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster obscurus Smith, F. 1857a: 76.]
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 404; Roger, 1863b: 37; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 73.
    • Replacement name: Crematogaster obscurior Dalla Torre, 1892: 90.
  • obscurior. Crematogaster obscurior Dalla Torre, 1892: 90.
    • Replacement name for Crematogaster obscurus Smith, F. 1860b: 109. [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster obscurus Smith, F. 1857a: 76.]
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 84; Emery, 1922e: 158; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 159.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Bacan).

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Crematogaster obscurus

Two worker syntypes in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Bac.” (= Batjan I.).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Hosoishi S. and K. Ogata. 2009. A check list of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Inst. Trop. Agr. Kyushu Univ. 32: 43-83.
  • Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.